The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1887-05-11
THINGS TERRITORIAL,

Willie Larsen, a boy six years old, was
drowned in the Little Blackfoot Monday
near Elliston. How the accident occur
ed is not known. His father is a pros
pector.
Gov. Leslie has left for trip to his
former home at Glasgow, Kentucky. lie
will be absent thirty or forty days. and
upon his return will be accompanir, by
his family.
Judge D. s. Wade has formed ,'pat-
nership with E. W. Toole and will i'm
mediately enter upon practic. The
style of the new firm will be Wal roole
& Wallace.
There are now Eighteen hundred teams
and four thousand men engaged in The
construction Of the Manitoba westward
and it is expected to reach Hrl,la by
december next.
MIR. W. H. Baldwin, jr, has been ap-
pointed general agent of the Uni ~ Pa
citic company at Butte, vice Mr.. y. W,
Scott, resigned. Mr.. Scott has gone to
New York State to visit his family.
Union Pacific engineers are cspl,ring
a route for line crossing Wyoming to
the Montana line, east of the Big Horn
river. They are believed to be heading
for the Yellowstone and the cattle coun.
try beyond it.
New machinery is being placed in posi-
tion at the Matt mine at Meadervll, ne.
cessitating the recent shut down The
company intend to crosscut to their other
adjoining properties and do all their
hoisting through the Matt shaft.-Miner.
Mike Bowers, of Toston, broke his col
lar bone this week by being accidentally
jerked out of the hind end of wagon.
Dr. Belcher says it will only take the
usual time to make reconnectinn and
the shoulder as good as ever.-Tran.
chant.
Mr.. Ed. Laferty has in training at the
Helena fair grounds; bay horse Rola
2,3l, by McGuirk's Clark Chief. Jr, 2:31;
also s. s., brown colt foaled 1885, record
2:26 as three-year old. Sired by Ken
lucky Volunteer 2:32; dam Matilda by
springville Chief, 2:32.
On Wednesday while the eneie of
the ore train running between Stuart
and Anaconda, was being turned ut the
"Y" at the former place, brakeman
Robert Cobban, who had thrown the
switch attempted to jump on the rear
end of the engine, which was imcking
up, and in doing so slipped and fell upon
the track. the engine passing over and
completely severing the right leg above
the knee. He afterwards died from his
injuries.
allow She Felt in Her First Corset" is
the not very euphonious but rather
salacious title of a volume of poems Just
published by Matt. W. Anderson, of the
Butte Miner. Matt. dosent tell us what
the heroine of his great poetic effort was
feeling for in her first corset. If she
(the heroine) was pioneer girl OF Mon
tana, it might have been "gray-back;"
if she be girl of the present period, it
might only be an unromantic wood tick
-Madisonian.
A railroad accident resulting in the
death of section hand happened at
Anaconda May 2. The yard engine,
struck two men employed on the Sec
tion work. One was thrown aside, escap-
ing with few bruises. The other was
run over and instantly killed, his head
being entirely severed from the body.
The deceased was an Irishman about 40
years ofage and was unmarried. He had
worked at Anaconda at intervals IN.
der the names of Foley and Conroy.
E. NJ. Lamarine, supervisor ofroai in
Yellowstone Park, will repair the r,ai
from the Mammoth Hot Springs toll I'm
Yancy's, it being in very bad condition.
He will also repair the road from the
Grand Canvon by the way of MINIS
mountain to the Freehole river, The
severe rain and hail stolms of last SIM.
mer washed deep gullies into the roads
and made it dangerous. On account of
the small appropriation by congress no
attempt will be made to open up the
new road by the way of Yellowstone lake
as contemplated by Capt. D. c. King
man.
A report reached Capt. Nj. Harris, the
officer in charge of the park, that hnnt-
ing and trapping was being done in a
small way by parties in the employ of
the hotel company at the Norris basin
and perhaps at the Grand canyon.
Soldiers were Immediately sent to Norris
with orders TO arrest all offenders, seize
their property, if they had any, and ex-
pei them from the park. To insure the
success of the expedition the wires We're
cut between Mammoth Hot Springs and
the Norris Hotel. Subsequently VIII
liam James was brought in from Norris
basin, where he had been found with
skins in his possession, and was c,n-
Quoted by the patrol 10 the north line If
the park. James had team and otirr
property that are now in the possessi IN
of,the troops.
Says the Independent: The dead bol'
of William Fra ncisco, who got lost on The
2nd of April while going from his cabin
on Pipestone creek to the springs, has
been found within a quarter of mile
of his cabin. He had been gone just
month, and it appears that no effort was
made until few days ago to search FIR
him as it was supposed he had merely
gone out of the neighborhood. He WAS
drunk at the time he wandered
away. When found he appeared as
asleep. On lying down he had taken off
his boots and placed his coat under his
head. He seemed to have imagined
himself at home. He had evidently
chilled to death. The place where lie
was found was on the open prairie, in
PLAIN view of his cabin. After he disap-
peared, his brother at Bozeman was
written to, and in reply that gentleman
said that William was undoubtedly all
right; that he would turn up as soon as
he sobered up. An inquest was to be